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#EEEFC2

Cream · very light warm yellow

About #EEEFC2

#EEEFC2 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 94% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 5.2); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C3C2EF — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEEFC2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.76:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green239
Blue194

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.2
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 9.5
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 10.2

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #EEEFC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EEEFC2.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EEEFC2.
17.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEEFC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEEFC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F7EBBF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7EDC4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5E9E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEEFC2?

#EEEFC2 is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 94% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EEEFC2?

Use black text. Black on #EEEFC2 has a contrast ratio of 17.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEEFC2?

Its complementary colour is #C3C2EF, and analogous partners are #EFDAC2 and #D8EFC2.